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Property Description
step that have their Scope set to "Entire data". These properties are
statically set at the start of the job.
(See "Properties and runtime parameters" on page253 for details.)
Methods
The following table lists the methods of the data object.
Method Description Script type File type
"extract()" on the
facing page
Extracts the text value from
a rectangular region.
Extract, Condition,
Repeat, and Action
steps
All
"extractByIndex
(index, rowOffset)"
on page436
Extracts the value from the
specified column and row.
Extract, Condition,
Repeat, and Action
steps
CSV/
XLSX/
XLS
"extractMeta()" on
page437
Extracts the value of a
metadata field.
Extract, Condition,
Repeat, and Action
steps
All
"fieldExists()" on
page437
Method that returns true if
the specified metadata field,
column or node exists.
Boundaries
Preprocessor, Extract,
Condition, Repeat,
Action, and
Postprocessor steps
All
"Example" on
page439
Method that returns true if
the column, specified by
index, exists.
Boundaries
Preprocessor, Extract,
Condition, Repeat,
Action, and
Postprocessor steps
CSV/
XLSX/
XLS
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